Sorority

//səˈrɒrɪti// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood.
  2. 2
    a social club for female undergraduates wordnet
  3. 3
    A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters. Philippines, US

    "Every day is a party at this sorority!"

Synonyms

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fraternitysisterhoodaffiliationalignmentallianceamalgamation

Example

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"I began to stake out my territorial waters in the sorority house's hot tub."

Etymology

PIE word *swésōr From Renaissance Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror (“sister”), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Akin to Spanish sororidad, Portuguese sororidade, French sororité.

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